The Rubettes
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Genre (s) | pop |
founding | 1973 |
Founding members | |
Alan Williams | |
Guitar, vocals |
Tony Thorpe |
Bass , vocals |
Mick Clarke |
Drums , vocals |
John Richardson |
Bill Hurd | |
piano |
Pete Arnesen (until 1974) |
The Rubettes are a band from England , founded in 1973 , whose greatest success was the 1974 single Sugar Baby Love .
Band history
Sugar Baby Love was the only number one hit in Germany and Great Britain and was the only title in the group to place in the USA. The song was originally sung by Paul da Vinci, who decided to pursue a solo career even before the title became a hit.
Numerous other Rubettes' top 10 hits followed across Europe, including Tonight , Juke Box Jive , I Can Do It and Foe-dee-oh-dee . Baby I know , a ballad in the country-rock style was, in 1977, the last top 10 hit in the UK.
The first six singles and three albums were produced by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington, who worked with ex-Beatle Pete Best in the 1960s . Several tracks from the first three albums were also recorded by other artists and became chart successes, such as Way Back in the Fifties from the album Wear It's' at for Carl Wayne (formerly with The Move ) in 1975, Don't Do It Baby from the album We Can Do It and I'm Just Dreaming from the Rubettes album for Mac and Katie Kissoon in 1975 and 1976.
In 1976 the Rubettes broke away from the producer and composer duo Bickerton & Waddington and produced their singles and albums together with Alan Blakely (formerly with The Tremeloes ) themselves. This included an excursion into the genre of country rock with songs like Under One Roof , Baby I Know , Sometime in Oldchurch and Still Unwinding .
Comeback in the 1990s
In the 1990s some new albums and singles came out, including Riding on a Rainbow (1992), Making Love in the Rain (1995) and in France Smile (1994) and The Very Best of the Rubettes (1999). The latter combined the greatest successes from the 1970s together with new titles from the 1990s and was able to place itself in the top 10 of the charts in France.
present
Rubettes feat Alan Williams | |
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General information | |
Website | The Rubettes |
Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar, piano |
Alan Williams |
Bass, vocals |
Mick Clarke |
Drums, vocals |
John Richardson |
Keyboards, guitar, vocals |
Mark Haley (ex-kinks) |
Rubettes feat Bill Hurd | |
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General information | |
Website | The Rubettes |
Current occupation | |
Keyboards, vocals |
Bill Hurd |
Guitar, vocals |
Kenny Butler |
Guitar, vocals |
Dave Harding |
Bass, vocals |
Chris Staines |
Drums, vocals |
Martin Clapson |
As a result of a court ruling, there are now two groups called Rubettes. The band still goes under the name “The Rubettes feat. Alan Williams “on tour. Under the name “The Rubettes feat. Bill Hurd “the group performs under keyboardist Bill Hurd with former studio singer Paul da Vinci.
In 2008, the group met in the RTL telecast The Ultimate Chart Show and covered with Sugar Baby Love the first place the issue most successful oldies all time .
Discography
Albums
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Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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1974 | Wear it's' at |
DE32 (8 weeks) DE |
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1975 | We Can Do It |
DE31 (16 weeks) DE |
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UK41 (1 week) UK |
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More albums
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Compilations
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Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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1974 | Sugar Baby Love Wear It's' at |
DE1 ![]() (25 weeks)DE |
AT1 (24 weeks) AT |
CH1 (20 weeks) CH |
UK1 ![]() (10 weeks)UK |
US37 (10 weeks) US |
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Tonight Wear It's' at |
DE4 (19 weeks) DE |
AT13 (12 weeks) AT |
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UK12 (9 weeks) UK |
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Juke Box Jive We Can Do It |
DE4 (25 weeks) DE |
AT8 (8 weeks) AT |
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UK3 ![]() (12 weeks)UK |
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1975 | I Can Do It We Can Do It |
DE3 (24 weeks) DE |
AT7 (16 weeks) AT |
CH6 (6 weeks) CH |
UK7 (9 weeks) UK |
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Foe-dee-oh-dee Rubettes |
DE6 (15 weeks) DE |
AT8 (8 weeks) AT |
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UK15 (6 weeks) UK |
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Little Darling Rubettes |
DE22 (12 weeks) DE |
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UK30 (5 weeks) UK |
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1976 | You're the Reason Why Sign of the Times |
DE22 (15 weeks) DE |
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UK28 (4 weeks) UK |
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Under One Roof Baby I Know |
DE30 (3 weeks) DE |
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UK40 (3 weeks) UK |
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1977 | Baby I know, baby I know |
DE34 (8 weeks) DE |
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UK10 (10 weeks) UK |
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Ooh-la-la baby I know |
DE16 (27 weeks) DE |
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1978 | Cherie Amour The Best of the Rubettes |
DE39 (6 weeks) DE |
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Little 69 The Best of the Rubettes |
DE37 (6 weeks) DE |
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More singles
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- ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
- ↑ a b UK gold / platinum database
- ^ Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 446 .
Web links
- The Rubettes feat Alan Williams
- The Rubettes feat Bill Hurd
- The Rubettes at Allmusic (English)
- The Rubettes at Discogs (English)